At this moment, I am in love with pear recipes! This pear and goat cheese pizza has the perfect balance of savory and sweet. In addition to pear, this goat cheese pizza has caramelized red onions, ham, garlic and cheddar.
Pear and goat cheese pizza
Dough for flatbread pizza
For this recipe, I use 365 pizza dough in a can. It’s the Whole Foods version of Pillsbury pizza dough. The dough is light and almost pastry-like.
You can also make this flatbread recipe on regular store bought pizza dough.
Using frozen dough? See this guide to frozen premade pizza crust and this recipe for Whole Foods BBQ chicken pizza.
Goat cheese options
I love Cypress Groves goat cheese for pizza. It comes in a block and is easy to crumble.
Don’t be afraid to experiment with different flavors like honey goat cheese and truffle goat cheese. Buy goat cheese in a block, on a log, or crumbled. Gorgonzola also tastes great on a pear flatbread.
This pizza has become a crowd pleaser for game day at my house. It stands out in a sea of nachos, wings and buffalo cauliflower bites.
Instead of a standard cheese board, this pear and goat cheese pizza is a very unexpected holiday appetizer. Serve it at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, you name it.
Once pears are out of season, you can use apples, cherries and other seasonal fruits in this flatbread pizza recipe. Your “never turning down a slice of pizza” blogger bud, Jenna.
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- Buttery sweet potatoes oven baked with bleu cheese
- Sous vide chicken wings with bleu cheese dressing
- Asparagus Pizza with Pesto
- Ravioli Pizza on Flatbread
- Salad made with sous vide beets, arugula, and goat cheese
- Baked Feta with Peppers
Pear and goat cheese pizza with caramelized onions (Sip Bite Go)
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Ingredients
Caramelized onions
- 1 red onion sliced
- 1 tbsp garlic
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp red wine
- 2 tbsp oil divided in half
Pizza
- 1 packaged dough
- 1 tbsp garlic
- 1 ½ cups cheddar cheese shredded
- ½ cup ham diced
- ½ pear sliced
- ⅔ cup goat cheese crumbled
- 2 tbsp parsley
Instructions
- Make caramelized onions. Add onion, garlic, and oil to a pan on medium heat and stir regularly until brown, about 10 minutes. Drizzle more oil if the onions stick to the pan. Add wine, reduce to medium-low and cook until the wine is fully absorbed into the onions.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees, or as instructed on dough package. Drizzle 1 tbsp olive oil in a sheet pan and spread out the dough on top. Cook the dough plain for 8 minutes.
- Add toppings to pizza, starting with 1 tbsp olive oil and garlic. Add ½ of the cheddar cheese, ham, pear, caramelized onions and goat cheese. Top with the remaining cheddar cheese and bake for 8 minutes, or until cheese melts.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
Clarice says
This looks delicious. This is my first time to add pear on my pizza and I am excited to try this. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Will make one this weekend.
Marysa says
This sounds delicious! I love the combination, and the pizza crust looks just right. I’ll have to give this a try this summer.
Kelly Anthony says
Wow this pear and goat cheese pizza looks like the perfect combination of savory and sweet! Can’t wait to make this!
Katie says
Pear and goat cheese are so good together! These flavors on a pizza are irrisistible!
Saima says
Looks really good. And I love that once pears are out of season, it is possible to sub with other fruit too. I’m sure it will taste just as good with apples!
Andrea Metlika says
This looks amazing! I love goat cheese on pizza and I’m guessing the pear just makes the flavors really come out. Can’t wait to try this.
Tisha says
I’m not usually a pizza eater but this looks great!
Ellen says
Lots of my favorite flavors. This would be perfect with a bottle of wine for date night.
Amanda says
I love making pizza at the house, and this looks perfect for the fall. Can’t wait to try this!